Set a file through Kirby API

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

How can I set a file through the update method of a page ?
I tried these which doesn’t work in Kirby 3.2.0

(cover is a Files Field with multiple: false and no specific template restriction)

$page->update([
   'cover' => '- cover.jpg'
]);

$page->update([
   'cover' => $page->file('cover.jpg')
]);

Maybe there is a validation somewhere ?

2

You would have to store the file id, not the file itself.

3 
if($cover = $page->file('cover.jpg')) {
     $page->update([
         'cover' => $cover->id()
     ]);
}

Thanks but this doesn’t work either…

4

Do you authenticate anywhere? Do you get an error message? Always use a try-catchblock

5

This function can only be called if you are logged in and I use kirby()->impersonate('kirby') before.

I tried this and everything goes well, except the file which is still not stored in the field/content.txt

               if($cover = $page->file('cover.jpg')) {
                  try {

                    $page->update([
                      'cover' => $cover->id()
                    ]);

                  } catch (Exception $e) {

                    echo $e->getMessage();

                  }
                }
6

After a few tests it seems to work with $cover->id()
Thanks a lot for your help @texnixe

7

Other solution by @texnixe :

Page::create([
    'filesField' => Data::encode(['image.jpg'], 'yaml')
])